The Commuter (film)

The Commuter
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJaume Collet-Serra
Screenplay by
  • Byron Willinger
  • Philip de Blasi
  • Ryan Engle
Story by
  • Byron Willinger
  • Philip de Blasi
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPaul Cameron
Edited byNicolas de Toth
Music byRoque Baños
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • StudioCanal
    (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand)[1]
  • Lionsgate
    (United States)
Release dates
  • January 8, 2018 (2018-01-08) (New York City)
  • January 12, 2018 (2018-01-12) (United States)
  • January 19, 2018 (2018-01-19) (United Kingdom)
  • January 24, 2018 (2018-01-24) (France)
Running time
105 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • France[3][4]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30 million[5]
Box office$119.9 million[1]

The Commuter is a 2018 action thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and written by Byron Willinger, Philip de Blasi and Ryan Engle. The film stars Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Florence Pugh, and Sam Neill. It follows a man who is unwittingly recruited into a murder conspiracy after meeting a mysterious woman while on his daily train commute.

The film premiered in New York City on January 8, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on January 12, 2018, by Lionsgate, and on January 19, 2018, in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal. The film grossed $119 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, who called it similar to Neeson and Collet-Serra's previous film, Non-Stop, but praised Neeson's performance and the genre thrills.

  1. ^ a b "The Commuter (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Commuter Fact Sheet". Lionsgate Press. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "The Passenger". allocine.fr. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Dernier arrêt". cinoche.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  5. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (February 21, 2018). "'The Commuter' Rides Past $100M At Worldwide Box Office". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 22, 2018.